My ongoing theme is always the truth, as I see it, and the exposure of lies, deception and manipulation wherever they exist. I remain firmly convinced that the world can no longer resist its innate urge to unite and co-operate with one another and we are very close to the point where war can no longer be an option if this transformation is to occur. Website: allenroland.com Email: allen@allenroland.com

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

THE CHURCH OF NEOLIBERAL EVANGELICALS ~ TRUMP'S CABINET

During these dark times, I increasingly find myself drawn to
alternative media commentators whose intellect and honest words of truth are
music for my soul. One of these is Professor Henry Giroux, Internationally
acclaimed professor and author, who offers his comments regarding
president-elect Donald Trump's mainly white, male, wealthy and with few exceptions highly
corporatized and militarized cabinet which could well lead to a new kind of
neo-fascism ~ an American form of authoritarianism and autocracy: Allen L
Roland. PhD

"I mean, this couldn't be
made up. I mean, this group of stooges, cronies and misfits, I mean, it would
be hard for Orwell, Huxley or Kafka, to even have imagined that one day in the
United States, you would have a government with this assemblage of people who
basically as a whole, speak to a kind of authoritarianism that breeds not just
misfortune and hate and intolerance, but prides itself on its own
incompetence.": Professor Henry Giroux, a Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest at McMaster
University and author. His latest books are 'America's Addiction to
terrorism' and 'America At War With Itself'

Paul Jay is a journalist, filmmaker, and
the founder and CEO of The Real News Network and here is his recent assessment
of the of President-elect Trump, expressed in a letter to his viewers,
regarding Trump's questionable appointments ~ "Donald
Trump is not an aberration. He's the raw and
naked face of an economic system that showers speculators with obscene riches
and political power ~ "I use emotion for the
many and reserve reason for the few." ~ That’s a quote attributed
to Adolf Hitler. Donald Trump is not the only actor on the political stage
who ascribes to such methods. The enablers of this surging far right
“populism” are the leaders of both major political parties and the corporate
media."See
article ~ http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18019:Donald-Trump%3A-The-Raw-and-Naked-Face-of-a-System-That-Showers-Speculators-with-Obscene-Riches

KIM BROWN:Trump, as the candidate, ran on a platform of populism and this
phrase, "Drain the swamp." And his cabinet selection so far
seem very antithetical to that. Henry, what are your thoughts about, "Draining
the swamp." Does the swamp appear about to be drained?

HENRY GIROUX: "He's
actually... adding more water to the swamp. I mean, he's not draining anything.
He's hiring billionaires, he's hiring neo-liberal executives, he's hiring
racists and right wing ultra-nationalists such as Michael Flynn and Stephen
Bannon and Mike Pompeo. All of these people are basically Islamaphobics.

He's hiring anti-intellectuals who deny climate
change, and are utterly incompetent. I mean, Ben Carson has been hired to run
as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and he believes that social
provisions simply weaken the social fabric. Can you imagine?

Rick Perry is a climate change denier, who wanted to
abolish the department, and he couldn't even remember the name in an earlier
presidential primary of the department he wanted to abolish.

Scott Pruitt is a climate change denier and is a
puppet of the fossil fuel industry, and now Betsy DeVos... this is a trip! Betsy DeVos is a religious extremist,
who's going to head the Department of Education and hates public education, and
has no experience with higher education ~ She
once said, Kim, if you can believe this~
that education is a way to advance God's Kingdom.

I mean... and of course, then there's Linda MacMahon, whose
only qualification is she ran the premier pro-wrestling league, World Wrestling
Entertainment."

A reminder to Donald Trump ~ "When a man is up to his
neck in alligators, he has difficulty
reminding himself that his initial objective was to drain the swamp.”

Happy New Year ~ there's a light at the end of this
dark tunnel and hopefully it's not a train but do remember that the laws of
positive karma apply only to moral greatness.

Heart
centered spiritual consultant and advisorAllen L Roland can be
contacted atallen@allenroland.com. Allen is also a lecturer and
writerwho
shares a weekly political and social commentary on hisweb logand websiteallenroland.com. He is also
featured columnist on Veterans Today andis a featured guest on many radio and Television programs.

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I'm a disabled active duty Navy veteran who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, survived a dysfunctional family, pursued and lived my dreams, including being a Navy carrier fighter pilot. I found myself by fully opening my heart, wrote three books, sired four children and I'm still living my ultimate dream by making a difference from a place of celebration and service. My 1998 PhD dissertation on the UNIFIED FIELD was chosen by Noetic Science and Common Boundary as one of the top three world finalists on combining psychology and spirituality. I retired from my private practice in 2014, because of my service connected asbestosis related lung disease, and live in Antioch, California but still remain involved as a featured columnist on Veterans Today and heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor ~ particularly with combat veterans with PTSD as well as others with PTHD ( Post Traumatic Heart Disorder).